Referencing Megazine from an external production

[kopitejay]

Firstly, well done on developing Megazine. It is really cool.

Secondly, I need some advice on referencing the Megazine object so I can call some of the methods (e.g. firstPage()
The scenario is that I am loading the megazine.swf into my main production and I want to be able to develop custom controls for the user interface, which make calls to megazine methods. These controls I want to sit inside the main production.

This is the code I use to load megazine.swf into the main production.

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var p:MovieClip = parent as MovieClip;

var myrequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest("megazine.swf");
var myloader:Loader=new Loader();
myloader.load(myrequest);

var mycontent:MovieClip;

function swfLoaded(myevent:Event):void{
addChild(myloader);
mycontent=myevent.target.content;
mycontent.x=0;
mycontent.y=255;
mycontent.scaleX = 0.85;
mycontent.scaleY = 0.85;
p.gotoAndPlay(3);
}
myloader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);
My initial thought was to use "mycontent._mz.firstPage(false);" (The _mz I am referencing here is the one from the main class). This did not work so I decided to write a custom public function in the main class that would make a call to the firstPage function in the Megazine class. Again this didn't work. I don't know what the next stage is.

If you can give me any guidance of what to try next I will be very grateful.
For once I'm really puzzled.  

Cheers
Jay

[Max]

if you add a function called megazineSetup like this:

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function megazineSetup(mz:IMegaZine, page:IPage, even:Boolean, library:ILibrary){}
it should work, ive already posted a list of all the functionality within IMegaZine in a different post.
Also the above function is described in more detail in the tutorial section in Actionscript Interaction.

[Florian Nücke]

The megazineSetup (which I have yet to write a tutorial about...) only works for swfs loaded via the img elements, so that's not an option here, I'm afraid.

The idea of adding a public function to the Main class should in fact work, you'll just have to make sure to address it properly. When loading the swf via a loader you'll have to use something like this:

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function swfLoaded(e:Event):void {
    var main:DisplayObject = myloader.getChildAt(0); // to get the actual instance of the Main class
    main.yourPublicFunction();
}
If you can live without the features provided through the main class, though (SWFAddress, console, ...) you could just create a new instance, though, instead of loading the swf (which would simplifiy interaction a bit). You can do that by adding the classes to your include path an then create a new instance by doing

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var mz:MegaZine = new MegaZine();

[kopitejay]

Hi Guys

Thanks for your tips.
I'll go through some of them today and see how I get on.

Cheers
Jay

[kopitejay]

Thanks for your help. I inserted the code that you suggested below and I have control of the object now. It is also running more efficiently using this method.

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var mz:MegaZine = new MegaZine();
Thanks again guys.

[reiderea]

Hi there-
Thanks for sharing MegaZine! 

I am hoping someone can give me some advice... I am using the same code "var mz:MegaZine = new MegaZine();" to reference the MegaZine from my main production.  All is working okay- except that the .swf's I've loaded (via img tag in xml) no longer navigate to the URL's as they should.  The .swf's have a button- when clicked- navigates to the URL I specified in InDesign CS4. 
The buttons all work perfectly when I just test megazine.swf- but when I export my main production- the rollover effect continues to show, but the URL interactivity is lost.  Any thoughts/ideas??  Thanks so much!